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Beeswax, Japanese paper, 14 carats gold wire and LED light panel.
Of vital importance to formerly enslaved persons throughout the colonial era, Certificates of Freedom carried the fate of their owners. Reproduced as fragments in paper, beeswax, and 14 carats gold wire, and installed as a series of light-boxes, Freedom Papers demonstrates the fragility and vulnerability of the freed person. The wax resembles the flesh, the marked body of the enslaved individual, while the gold writing alludes to the critical value of these papers. The fragmentation symbolizes the broken dreams of freedom, frustration, and loss.
